's MOTD August 22, 2006

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's Daily Message

Tuesday

August 22, 2006

LATER

When you put off doing something that needs to get done, you are a

procrastinator. The laundry is piling up, and you need to do it now, but you

convince yourself you`ll do it later. There are six items in your entire

fridge. You need to go shopping now, but you tell yourself you`ll do it

later. There are bills – important bills – to pay, and you need to pay them

now, and you tell yourself you`ll do it later. When you start to

procrastinate about little things, you`ll start to procrastinate on the

bigger issues in your life.

You told yourself you were going to get up early and get a 45-minute walk in

before you head to work, but you hit the snooze button a few times, and you

got up late. On your way to work, you told yourself that you would get this

45-minute walk in during your lunch hour, but your meetings ran over, and

you did no walking. You told yourself when you got home, you`d put on your

walking shoes and head out the door, but there was a lot of traffic, and

when you got home, all you had the energy for was eating and going right to

bed. Your later became never.

You`re heading to the supermarket to get a few items to make for dinner, and

on the way, you pass Luigi`s Café, and Luigi is having a lasagna-a-thon for

a special price, so you turn left and go directly to Luigi`s parking lot.

When you went to get your order, you told yourself you would go to the

supermarket later to do your shopping.

There are millions of diabetics out there who promised to take care of their

blood sugar levels and never did, and now many of them are critically ill.

There are millions of people who had high blood pressure and didn`t do

anything about it and had very serious heart attacks.

Listen, if you put off doing the dishes or washing your car, that`s one

thing, but when you put off taking care of yourself, that really is another!

There is no later when it comes to your health. There is only now. Please,

please don`t put off till tomorrow what you really need to do today!

Love,